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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.30.18

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 30: The walk to Daśaratha’s palace. Seeing Rāma, Sītā & Lakṣmaṇa without royal honours, citizens propose leaving Ayodhyā to follow them

In the sequence: some propose taking their families and possessions after him, leaving Kaikeyī an empty city → wherever Rāma lives, they say, will become their city, while abandoned Ayodhyā becomes a forest

2.30.18

rajasābhyavakīrṇāni parityaktāni daivataiḥ
asmattyaktāni veśmāni kaikeyī pratipadyatām

strewn over with dust and abandoned by the household deities — let Kaikeyī take possession of our houses, forsaken by us.

Words: rajasābhyavakīrṇāni — strewn over with dust; parityaktāni — abandoned; daivataiḥ — by the deities; asmattyaktāni — forsaken by us; veśmāni — the houses; kaikeyī — Kaikeyī; pratipadyatām — let her take possession, receive

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki, the ādikavi of the ādikāvya: the first poet of the first poem. Sanskrit: The Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa: Critical Edition, Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1960–1975 (gen. eds. G. H. Bhatt, U. P. Shah); IAST from GRETIL (Göttingen). Translation and word glosses: Claude Opus 4.6–4.7; summaries and sequences: ChatGPT Astra (machine-made). Numbering follows the Critical Edition, not the vulgate (e.g. Gita Press, valmikiramayan.net), so sarga and verse numbers can differ from those editions.